Maryborough hydrotherapy pool
Ms STALEY (Ripon) (19:09): (1978) My adjournment matter tonight is to the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, and it concerns a hydrotherapy pool for Maryborough. I first wrote to the Minister for Health requesting a hydrotherapy pool, or the consideration of a hydrotherapy pool, for Maryborough on 13 August 2019 after being contacted by one of my constituents, Don Calder. He has multiple sclerosis, and he uses hydrotherapy as part of his treatment. Currently he has to travel to either Bendigo or Ballarat to access that treatment—both are about an hour’s drive from Maryborough—because the local indoor pool in Maryborough is not suitable to undertake this.
The request is for a hydrotherapy pool for Maryborough. I did receive a reply from the chief of staff to the Minister for Health on 29 October referring this to the minister for sport, which is why I now direct this to him. I really do ask that he seriously considers delivering this within the current indoor Maryborough pool complex. I assume this is why this has been moved from health to sport—because that is a sporting facility.